why is it the half always thinks his right

i would leave him and go and get yourself a new model ie a toy boy who can cook, lol.

An old saying "never question your wife"s judgement

Look who she married " LAL

my grandad used to say 'any fool can cook', drove my mother mad. needless to say he never cooked in his life. a lot of males are just know it alls-i should know ,my husbands one. i am now reduced to pulling faces behind his back. childish, but it makes me feel better.

Hi SeanMc,
I flit around these threads you see,
From time to time I go,
To visit friends in "Lil's Den of Iniquity".
It's just for fun you know!
Pete and I, the only blokes around,
Until a strangers face we spy,
And hope that we'll be found!
It's busy there with just us two,
To keep those gels in check.
(If Nell finds out I've written this,
I'll get it in the neck!)

Discussion on Today about how men are taking over in the kitchen. The subject is actually the BBC Great Bake-off.

Misunderstanding, vamp. I think you asked greenie if her OH was belittling her and I wasn't clear about who the comment was meant for. *

Are you OK, Greenie?

As a teenager I used to make cakes in my parents' Rayburn. Something went seriously wrong with a gingerbread which spread itself all over the oven. The fire had to be allowed to go out so that the oven could be cleaned and the dog was most helpful when I was on my hands and knees scraping off burnt gingerbread. My sisters still remember that episode rather than my famous mince pies.

I don't think he's been seen in the bar either SeanMc

(My mother once made custard that I swear could have bounced)

Lilygran...I wasn't belittling anyone. I was asking greenie if this was the only thing her husband does or if he was controlling in other ways.

Thank you for reassuring me that I'm not the only one to have disasters in the kitchen ladies. My thoughts were that if I simply followed the recipe step by step nothing could go wrong. I posed on here because I saw gramps had too but he's not here tonight?

specki

Last week my cream of celeriac soup was compared to wallpaper paste-I can't say DH was wrong and it was from a recipe in the times by Lindsey Bareham who is foolproof . We all have disasters in the kitchen and I've had cakes like bricks before today. I always offer to leave the evening meal to DH to prepare or call him to clear up. It tends to curb the criticism and I 'm sure he means well

I don't think that greenie has been back since the op.

HildaWWhat a wise woman you are.

Ask him if he would like stuffing. But not at Christmas.

greenie my dear, dont know how long you have put up with your OH but I'm afraid to say he is a phychological bully. Bullies need standing up to very early on so if hes had his way for many years then I'm afraid hes not going to change unless you do something drastic.
My Dad was like this with my Mum for all their married life....he only changed his tack when she was diagnosed with bowel cancer.

We always had parkin round the bonfire in Salford, together with toffee apples and baked potatoes. Happy days!

Parkin - yummy......one of my favourite foods of all time!

My sister made parkin once that was good enough to pave a patio with. Rain didn't penetrate it and neither did a saw.

vampirequeen You are quite right that in those circumstances he should fend for himself. But, seer how hard it is – cooking is easy peasy. In fact, a piece of cake.

No belittling, vamp if you were addressing me! He likes cooking, always has, ditto the DS and one of the DGS is very keen.

Bit of both no doubt.

Or it was a truly terrible cake!

Sean, you have very picky birds!